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Thursday, November 20, 1969
WHAT KILLS FISH?
Pesticides have oftenbeen cited
as a major cause of fish kills,
However, a recent report on the
causes of fish kills in 1967, nation=-
wide, shows only 2.96 percent
of the total fish killed was due
to pesticides. The remainder
was killed by other types of pol
lution.
WONDERFUL WOOD
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paper mills was located at
Marietta, Georgia. It began
operating in 1864 and made news=
print by grinding loblolly and
shortleaf pine mixed with
imported pulp. One of the major
products manufactured was paper
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County Agents
Column
By Ed Hunt
COUNTY AGENT
for Confederate money.
Georgia’s forest products
industry has come a lnog way
since then. Today the state’s
wood=-using industries process
about 1.4 billion board feet of
logs and standing timber each
year=--plus 6.3 million cords of
pulpwood in the form of round
wood and residues,
All this wood is the raw
material for an industry whose
products are valued at over
$1 billion annually.
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CROWDED PECANS
Several factors keep a pecan
grove from producing as much
as it could. Some of these
are not controlled by man, but
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some are.
One of these factors is over
crowded pecan groves. In other
words, too many trees per acre.
When many pecan trees were
planted in Georgia little thought
was given to spacing. It just
wasn’t known how big a mature
pecan tree would be.
There is only one way to solve
overcrowding. That is selective
thinning. This can be done by
removing every other tree
in every other row. This method
will keep the trees in a row. And
if they are planted in a system
it will eliminate the same variety
or varieties throughout the grove.
Another method is by removing
inferior varieties. Many times
a poor tree can be taken out
and several around it are given
more area from which to absorb
nutrients and water. There is
also more room to grow new wood.
Many pecan producers want to
know when to thin, A good rule
of thumb is to start thinning when
limbs begin to overlap in
all directions.
R. L. Livingston, head of our
Extension Service horticulture
department, says many groves
throughout the state would
produce just as many nuts per
acre with up to one=third of the
trees removed. I wouldn’t be
surprised but what he’s right.
HELPFUL AND SAFE
Insecticides are much in the
news these days. This week
1 want to speak a word in their
behalf.
Homeowners have known for
years that insecticides are neces=
sary to produce beautiful
ornamental plants. This is true
both inside and outside the home.
So homeowners buy small
packages of insecticides which
are not only effective, but also
safe. These insecticides control
scales, leaf miners, borers,
cutworms and other troublesome
pests.
Before insecticides are labeled
for use by homeowners, they are
tested for a long period of time
by the manufacturers and
by various government agencies.
Our Extension entomologists who
recommend these materials are
always concerned about their
safety as well as their
effectiveness.
We are very fortunate to have
a wide selection of safe
insecticides from which to
choose. We can pick the one
best suited for our particular
insect problem.
Just remember, always use
precautions when using these
materials, After the insects in
question are under control, place
the remaining insecticide in a
locked cabinet so children and
irresponsible persons will not
come in contact with them.,
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CROP REPORT
What kind of a crop year--
19697 A recent report by
the Georgia Crop Reporting
Service provides some of
the answers., Weather conditions
during August--rainy and cooler
than normal=--resulted in varying
degrees of damage to cotton,
peanuts and ¢‘downed’’ hay. How
ever, the improved moisture
situation was very beneficial for
soybeans, late corn, pastures and
hay growth,
Let’s look at some of our major
crops, one at a time.
Georgia’s estimated corn crop
of 49,385,000 bushels is down
sharply from the 58,200,000
bushels in 1968. Both acreage
and average yield are below last
year’s levels,
As for cotton, adverse weather
during much of August resulted
Teachers Attend
.
Mathematics
Conference
Thirteen Newton County teac=-
hers attended the twelfth annual
Mathematics Conference at Rock
Eagle Center near Eatonton on
November 14-15.
The conference theme: ¢‘¢‘Age
of Action — Mathematics for
Every Child” was well carried
out through group sessions for
elementary, junior high, and se=-
nior high teachers and a series
of addresses by nationally pro
minent mathematicians.
Topics studied by the elemen=-
tary teachers included ‘‘Geome=-
try in the Elementary School,”
«¢Methods and Materials for Ma
thematics in the Early Grades,”
and ¢Elementary Conjectures.’””
Dr. Mervin L. Keedy, Profes
sor of Mathematics at Purdue
University, spoke to the ele=-
mentary teachers on ‘‘How Not
to Design an Elementary Cur
riculum in Mathematics.”
The junior high instructors ate
tended sessions on ‘‘Logic’® and
““The Discovery Method.”’ They
joined the senior high teachers
to investigate, ¢‘What Mathema
tics for ¢Non Math’ Majors?’’ and
to hear an interesting address:
¢¢Kissin’ Cousins of Mathema=-
tics’’ by Miss Elizabeth M, Gl=
ass, Mathematics Supervisor of
Connecticut State Department of
Education.
Sessions of particular interest
to instructors of advanced stu=
dents included: ¢‘Computer=-As=-
sisted Problem Solving?’ and
¢¢Criterion Testing and Evalua=-
tion Design’’.
The highlight of the conferen
ce was an address on Friday
evening — ‘‘Mathematics K-12,
Process and/or Product’’ by Dr.
John Wagner, Chairman of Ma=
thematics Education, Michigan
State University.
The Newton County partici
pants included Mrs. Thelma L.
Taylor, Cousins Elementary Sc
hool; Miss Camille Durden, Mr.
Walter Underwood, and Mr. Wil
liam Waters from Cousins High
School; Mrs. Evelyn A, Jones
and Mr. J. O. Robinson, East
Newton School; Miss Donna Mo=-
ody and Mrs. Grace Thompson,
Ficquett School; Mrs. Charlie
Mae Bailey and Mrs. Dinah Sp=
illers, ILivingston School; Mrs.
Olivia Howard and Mr. Horace
Johnson, Washington Street Sc
hool; and Miss Louise Reeves,
Curriculum Director,
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in further losses from boll rot
and insects. On September 1
estimated production for the state
was 310,000 bales. This is 25,000
bales below the estimate a month
earlier. However, it is still
44,000 bales above last year’s
short crop.
What about, peanuts? . The
state’s peanut crop was estimated
at 978,900,000 pounds. This
compares with 934,360,000
pounds in 1968. Yield per acre
is indicated to be 1,950 pounds
this year, compared with 1,880
pounds last year.
Soybean prospects remain
generally good. Production is
placed at 8,807,000 bushels. Yield
per acre is estimated at
21 bushels. Last year the per
acre yield was a low 15 bushels.
Lawn Bullefin
Control Tips
If weeds were a problem in
your lawn this year, you may
want to check your lawn main
tenance practices. Agronomi
sts with the University of Ge
orgia Cooperative Extension
Service say weeds have a hard
time invading well-tended lawns.,
However, some weeds find th
eir way into the best lawns,
and Dr., James F, Miller, Ex
tension agronomist-weed con
trol, has prepared a new public
ation to help homeowners con
trol these weeds.
Miller says proper fertilizat
ion and irrigation help maintain
a dense, healthy turf. Herbic
ides~--chemical weed killers--
can be used to destroy or pre
vent infestation by weeds. How=-
ever, Miller says there are no
substitutes for good lawn main
tenance.
The new publication, entitled
‘““Weed Control in Lawns,” of=
fers sections on the various ty=-
pesos weeds, a weed control
THE COVINGTON NEWS
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PICTURED ABOVE are the newly elected Junior Council officers who were elected on October 29, 1969
at the Newton County 4-H Council meeting, They are: Becky Ison, Julianne Ozburn, Ren Anderson, Mary
Heard, Andy David, and Jimmy Hill (from left to right).
“Weekend Restaurants’” Are
Described By Health Official
Ever hear of a ‘‘weekend res
taurant?’’ Maybe you haven’t but
an official of the State Health
Department has and he says that
they are not only illegal but are
a threat to a person’s health, The
official also says that a lot of
Georgians have eaten at these
places and never knew it,
““A ‘weekend restaurant’ is
what I call an illegally operated
place which sells food prepared
on the premises to the public
without a valid food service per=
mit from their local health de=
partment,” said Garnett DeHart,
chief of the department’s food
sanitation section,
¢“These illegal places,’” he
said, ¢‘usually spring up on Fri
days and Saturdays selling such
items as hot dogs, fish sand
wiches, barbecue and other qui
ckly prepared food to people on
their way to a sporting event or
some other type of outing,
‘““Most of these operations are
carried on from a sidewalk stand
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or a cart, Football and basket=
ball games bring these ‘weekend
restaurants’ into full operation,’”
the health official continued,
¢“l’ve received a recent report
from the southern part of the
state saying that some of the big
items on the ‘weekend restaur=-
ants’ menus were candied apples
and hot fish sandwiches,
‘“Many of the illegalplacesare
run by individuals who have reg=
ular jobs during the week, but
like to pick up a few extra dol=-
lars on the weekends,” ¢‘‘How=-
ever,” DeHart said, “if a citi
zen wants to buy from these
outfits, he might also pick up a
few extra things -- mainly harm=
ful bacteria and other unhealthy
germs,”’
The food expert pointed out
that anyone in the state who wish=
es to sell prepared food to the
public must have a valid food
service permit from their local
health department, ‘¢That is state
law,”” said DeHart, ‘‘Legitimate
restaurants and other respon=-
sible food handling establish
ments have valid health depart
ment permits, and these places
are inspected by health officials
to check on cleanliness and the
condition of the foods being pre
pared and served,
‘“Don’t buy from a street ven
dor who has no valid permit or
from someone selling out of the
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Riot Losses
NEW YORK — Civil disor
ders and riots in 1968 hit 361
cities in 37 states, and the Dis
trict of Columbia, according to
the Insurance Information In
stitute. The upheavals. chiefly
occurring in early April follow
ing the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., caused
more than Ss79 million in in
sured losses. The hardest-hit
city was Washington, D. C.,
where losses totaled some $24
million.
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backdoor of his garage,” De-
Hart urged, ¢‘“Be sure that the
place has a valid health depart=
ment permit before you gobble
down that hot dog, sandwich or
candied apple,”’
When asked about selling on the
streets of one of Georgia’s most
famous foods -- peanuts, DeHart
replied, ‘‘Peanuts are not under
the direct control of the health
department, but I’d think that
most places would have a local
law requiring permits of some
kind to sell them, Personally,
I’d be careful in buying boiled
peanuts from just anyone on the
street, However, I see no real
harm in buying parched peanuts
in the shells unless they are eit
her under or overcooked and
that’s not really a health prob
lem, that is just a down right
shame,” he added with a smile,
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